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Practical Malware Analysis
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Practical Malware Analysis

by Michael Sikorski, Andrew Honig
February 2012
Intermediate to advanced
800 pages
23h 55m
English
No Starch Press
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Labs

Lab 15-1

Analyze the sample found in the file Lab15-01.exe. This is a command-line program that takes an argument and prints “Good Job!” if the argument matches a secret code.

Questions

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1. What anti-disassembly technique is used in this binary?

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2. What rogue opcode is the disassembly tricked into disassembling?

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3. How many times is this technique used?

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4. What command-line argument will cause the program to print “Good Job!”?

Lab 15-2

Analyze the malware found in the file Lab15-02.exe. Correct all anti-disassembly countermeasures before analyzing the binary in order to answer the questions.

Questions

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1. What URL is initially requested by the program?

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2. How is the User-Agent generated?

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3. What does the program look for in the page it initially ...

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